Don't worry, Google's Bard isn't trained using your private Gmails

Date:
Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:12:25 +0000

Description:
Despite Bard saying it was trained on Gmail data, Google wants you to know that it's lying.

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Google wants everyone to know that its Bard AI is definitely not trained on private Gmail data, despite Bard telling people that it is.

After teasing its AI chatbot earlier this year to rival Microsofts ChatGPT-powered Bing Chat service Google has recently unleashed Bard on the world. However, the beta program is still prone to making mistakes, including one recent gaff where Bard said it was trained using data from a variety of sources like Wikipedia, GitHub, and (worryingly) Gmail.

This information was shared by Kate Crawford (an AI expert) on Twitter via a post showing a Bard conversation in which the program was asked where does Bards dataset come from. In its response, Bard said it uses Googles internal data: This includes data from Google Search, Gmail, and other products.

However, the official Google Twitter account corrected this error, saying in
a reply to Crawfords tweet that Bard is an early experiment based on Large Language Models and will make mistakes. It is not trained on Gmail data. Umm, anyone a little concerned that Bard is saying its training dataset
includes... Gmail? I'm assuming that's flat out wrong, otherwise Google is crossing some serious legal boundaries. pic.twitter.com/0muhrFeZEA March 21, 2023 See more Don't trust everything an AI says

Another day, another reminder that you cant believe everything an AI tells you. Because as impressive as Bard, Bing Chat, and the best ChatGPT alternatives are, theyre also fallible.

Yes, theyre trained on a huge swathe of human data, but they dont have a proper understanding of what any of that information really means. So, when you ask a question, its merely spitting out its best guess at an answer.

Whats more, Bard does seem particularly easy to trick. Michael Allison, one
of our Phones teams Staff Writers, managed to get Bard to say eggs didnt
exist , and our friends at Toms Hardware found that Bard was a bit too quick to claim Toms Hardwares CPU tests as its own though it did then apologize. I told Bard there were no such things as eggs and it agreed with me. Eggs don't exist. March 21, 2023 See more

As for why Bard would get information about itself wrong, most likely it
hasnt been told (or its been told this info should be kept private at all costs) to avoid it spilling its secret rules as Bing Chat did . If users find out how an AI works behind the scenes, it becomes much easier to manipulate
it and use the bot for nefarious purposes. So, when asked about where its
data set was gathered, Bard seemingly spat out an answer that combined what
it knows about other AI and the kind of data Google could access.

If you want to try tricking Google Bard for yourself youll have to join the waitlist, but our guide on how to sign up for Google Bard should help you get through the steps super quickly.



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